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Georges Brassens - Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit [Guitar Main Theme]
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Upper FranconiaNew Dupont MD60, 1940s Castelluccia
My attempt at the main guitar theme of "Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit" by Georges Brassens. The versions I found on Youtube all had way different fingerings. This version is not 100 percent there yet regarding phrasing but to my ears at least this fingering sounds a bit closer to the original recording.
Maybe it's of interest for somebody on here:
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That sounds great to me! The CD by Patrick Saussois and Koen de Kauter "Un p'tit Coin d'Paradis..." is my favorite recording of Brassens songs - great playing and singing throughout. Koen de Kauter's vocals are in French with a Flemish accent (!), he plays soprano sax on some tunes, and both guitarists are great interpreters of this kind of music. It's on spotify...
There is also "Pour un petite bonheur postume" also by Koen de Kauter and also excellent in every way.
Came across a striking vocal version by Camille Bertault:
Great song you picked and good playing. Haven't heard that Brassens one before. Love his work.
Here's another version w/Sebastien Giniaux
no tailpiece on those D-holes , are they nylon-strung ?? (sounds great)
Probably a nylon Dupont. Sebastien likes playing those. He actually said in the class that most GJ guitars are too bright for him.
That Camille Bertault is a quite refreshing interpretation with it's very own twist on it, really cool. Not the biggest fan of the version with Sebastien Giniaux posted above to be honest. Of course, he is a gifted and extremely creative guitarist and I like much of his stuff, but in a song like that in my opinion it's all about the song as a whole and the vocals. For that reason I really like this take:
Even though it's quite different from the original, the vocals have "room to breathe" just like with Brassens and everything that happens instrumentally adds value to the whole song.